Tegan Marie Brozyna

Porter Contemporary : Splash!

2011-10-20T16:05:00.001-07:00

Splash! at the Porter Contemporary in New York from October 27-December 3, 2011.

For further details visit: http://portercontemporary.com/splash/

New York, NY. Porter Contemporary is pleased to announce Splash!, a group exhibition of thirteen artists in various mediums focusing on color. The exhibition opens to the public with a wine reception on Thursday, October 27, from 7 - 9 PM when Porter Contemporary invites everyone to come in their most impressive colors and make their own splash!

“Splash! is intended to be fun and exploratory as we head indoors in the winter months” says Owner/Director, Jessica L. Porter. “We have had some serious exhibitions over recent months and my hope was to lighten things up and talk about something as basic yet complex as color”.

From ancient Greek philosophers devising connotative meanings to different colors, to color theory principles found in Leonardo da Vince’s notebooks, and Isaac Newton’s theory of colors in the 18th century -- the energizing flow of light transcends time and continues to delight its viewers. Amazingly, humans perceive over 2.8 million different hues. We invite you to let your eyes roam free following the emotionally stirring effects of our colorful show.

The exhibition focuses on thirteen artists’ ideas about color and how it manifests itself in the work. Porter Contemporary reached outside their normal repertoire of artists and held an open call to not only receive images for consideration but also artists’ thoughts on color. Artworks range in medium and include: photography, wood, watercolors, acrylics, oil, ceramics and other mixed medium items. Many of the works are abstract and dissect different subject matters that range from the middle-America cut outs by Lori Larusso to Aoife O’Donnell’s photographs of cancer cells.

Listing Information:

What: Splash!

Exhibition Dates: October 27 - December 3, 2011

Opening Reception with the Artists: Thursday, October 27, 7 - 9 PM

Press Preview: Wednesday, October 26, 5- 7 PM

Where: Porter / Contemporary, 548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor, NYC

Gallery Hours: Wednesday 11 - 6 PM; Thursday 11 - 8 PM; Friday and Saturday 11 - 6 PM

General inquiries: info@portercontemporary.com

Press Inquires: media@portercontemporary.com

Blog Sighting

2011-08-09T19:32:00.000-07:00

The director of the Textile Arts Center in New York and Brooklyn recently surprised me

by writing a lovely blog entry about me in their Artist Highlights. I have been interning with them

this summer and I am very flattered to get such rave reviews. Check it out at the link below!

http://textileartscenterblog.com/?p=4174

For more information on TAC please visit: www.textileartscenter.com

Works in Progress

2011-08-08T20:29:00.000-07:00

Juxtaposed. 2011. Paper, gel medium and oil bar on canvas. 26"x18"

Promotional and Marketing Designs for Textile Arts Center

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Advertisement for Textile Arts Center in L Magazine. Brooklyn, NY. 2011.

Show Card for 1st Edition: Artists in Residence Show. 2011. (Design and logo by Tegan M. Brozyna)

Back of Show Card for 1st Edition: Artists in Residence Show. 2011.

Show Card for Made with Love. 2011. (Photos courtesy of exhibiting artist Stacy Scibelli).

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Sky Blue. 2010. Watercolor and ink on paper.

Works in Progress: Fractures

2011-06-06T20:46:00.000-07:00

Collide. 2011. Oil bar, gel medium and paper on canvas. 36" x 30"

Works in Progress: Forms

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Untitled Map Forms. 2011. Mixed Media: Oil bar on paper and wood

Wall Installation of Untitled Map Forms

Blog Sighting

2011-05-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

The blog post at Kristina Today spawned some other interest and my work was

featured on the blog Because it Was Awesome. To see a link of the entry visit:

http://becauseitsawesome.blogspot.com/2011/04/tectonics.html

For more information on Because it Was Awesome visit:

http://becauseitsawesome.blogspot.com

Blog Sighting

2011-05-15T19:49:00.000-07:00

Kristina Today recently blogged about the work in my

post-baccalaureate exhibition, Theodolite.

See below for a link to her entry.

http://kristinatoday.blogspot.com/2011/04/heres-little-peak-at-post-baccalaureate.html

For more information on Kristina Today visit:

http://kristinatoday.blogspot.com/

Tectonics

2011-04-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

Tectonics. 2011. Mixed Media: Oil bar, gel medium and paper maps.

Fault Lines

2011-04-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

Fault Lines. 2011. Mixed Media: Oil bar, thread and gel medium on paper maps.

NYCAMS Exhibition: Theodolite

2011-03-29T19:54:00.000-07:00

the·od·o·lite n. an optical instrument used by a surveyor to measure vertical and horizontal angles

This exhibition highlights the work of the 2010-2011 NYCAMS Post-Baccalaureate fellows Rachel Belgard, Tegan Brozyna, Stephen Monkemeier, and Rebecca A. Peters*. Curated by Brent Dickinson and John Silvis, the show presents each artist’s own unique voice as they explore, evaluate, and re-contextualize their worlds. Through the artists’ lenses, the viewer is invited to join in this examination and valuation of physical, cultural, personal, and typographical landscape. The exhibition includes works on paper, painting, graphic design, photography and mixed media.

The exhibit will be on display April 8^th – April 21^st. An opening reception will be held April 8^th at the NYCAMS Gallery from 6-8pm. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 am-4 pm, or by appointment.

Location: NYCAMS, 44 E 28^th St. 7^th Floor, New York, NY

For further details, please visit the NYCAMS website at http://nycams.bethel.edu/

*Rebecca A. Peters is a fiscal year 2010 recipient of an Artist InitiativeGrant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Her work is funded, inpart, by the Minnesota State Legislature, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Box Project

2010-10-21T18:42:00.000-07:00

Box Project. 2010. Mixed Media

InRoads

2010-09-07T20:02:00.000-07:00

InRoads: Brozyna & Valenza

Second Space Arts

900 East Howell St. , Second Floor

Philadelphia, PA

September 12-November 28, 2010

Reception: September 18, 6-9 pm

"Looking at topography (the “lay of the land”) or cartography (maps) should then resonate with our guts – our instincts, so to speak – and visually remind us that extremes are often incorrect: the truth is often somewhere nearer the middle. The meandering lines found in Tegan Brozyna’s paintings and works on paper are a fine synthesis of the linear and the circular versions of journey. In a real sense, rather than life being a journey, life is journeying: the passive becomes active. In Brozyna’s works, we visually walk with her over hill and dale; through the streets and avenues of America, all the while enjoying the view afforded by Brozyna’s joyful re-working of the landscape, and its realignment into a more ambiguous space. Painted on “bird’s-eye view” maps, the lines we actually traipse on morph into a more horizon-based experience: our progression is pleasant, but somewhat mysterious, because of this ambiguity. As the French post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin asks in his famous painting title, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"

-Timothy Gierschick, Curator

First Friday

2010-07-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

Idioms is a group featuring artwork by artists Tegan Brozyna, Erin Filson, Katy Matich, Yvonne Valenza and Kiersten Wildermuth. The show includes work in various media including painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media and animation.

Location: F & N Gallery

2009 Frankford Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19125

August 6-26, 2010

Opening Reception: August 6, 6-9pm

Works in Progress

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Fault Lines. 2010-11. Mixed Media.

Works in Progress

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Transient

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Transient II. 2010. Oil, graphite and paper on wood paneling.

Transient I. 2010. Oil, graphite and paper on wood paneling.

Transient

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Transient. 2010. Oil and paper on wooden paneling. 8" x 8"

2010, Small Works

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Getty. 2010. Oil and paper on canvas. 4"x12"

2010, Small Works

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Atlas II. 2010 Oil and paper on canvas. 3" x 2" each

Untitled. 2010. Oil and paper on canvas. 2"x3"

Untitled. 2010. Oil and paper on canvas. 3"x2"

Textile Swatches

2010-04-19T22:16:00.000-07:00

Pole Dye. 2007. Silk.

Fold Dye. 2007. Silk.

Shibori. 2007. Silk.

The Meeting

2010-04-19T22:10:00.000-07:00

The Meeting. 2007. Wax Resist and paint on silk. 36" x 36"

Detail.

Journey Quilt

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Journey Quilt. 2007. Hand dyed cotton. 48" x 48"

Detail

Migrations

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Migrations. 2010. Oil and paper on canvas. 36" x 30"

2010, Art House Coop, Scavenger Project 2

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Entries for Art House Coop's Scavenger Project 2. "An international scavenger hunt to see how artists from around the globe visually interpret the same items, which are then documented in a book and exhibitions." Each participant gets the same 10 prompts to create a body of work which will be displayed at the Brooklyn Art Library in May with the reception on May 28. http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/scavengerproject

4. Just a Minute, Just a Second. 2010. Mixed Media. 5" x 7"

2. Wisdom. 2010. Mixed Media. 5" x 7"

7. Ducks, Lots of Ducks. 2010. Mixed Media. 5" x 7"

1. Lost at Sea. 2010. Mixed Media. 5" x 7"

5. Social Network. 2010. Mixed Media.

2010, Art House Coop, Color Project

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Yellow. 2010. Oil bar and paper on wood panel. 8" x 8"

A piece made for Art House Coop's Color Project. "The idea behind the project is to see how an artist creates his or her own style of work using only a color as the theme. The artist is encouraged to create work that fits into their current body of work with the only stipulation being that it relates heavily to the color selected." I chose the color yellow because of the important role ochre plays in much of my work. The reception is May 14 in Brooklyn. http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/colorproject

2010, Transitions & Migrations, Solo Show

2010-03-09T21:35:00.000-08:00

Transitions and Migrations

Solo Show at the Grantham BIC Church, Grantham, PA

March 7-April 10, 2010

http://www.granthamchurch.org/gallery/calendar.html

The main force driving my current work is the concept of space; how places affect us, and how we, in turn, affect the world around us. This relationship is physical, emotional and psychological. When we create boundaries, roadways and cities we do so to create order. However, this process also introduces tension between man-made elements and the natural environment. In my most recent work, I have begun to explore these tensions and relationships by portraying, creating and redefining “space.” Thematically and formally, maps and landscapes play an important role in this investigation.

Maps Investigations

2009-12-01T12:47:00.000-08:00

Orcagna. 2009. Oil and graphite on canvas. 30 x 40 in.

Divided. 2009. Oil on paper and canvas. 16 x 12 in.

Atlas. 2009. Oil bar on paper and canvas. 6 x 15 in.

City

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City of Brotherly Love and Destruction. 2009. Oil and graphite on wood paneling. 48 x 34 in.

(Detail)

Mixed Media

2009-12-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

Malleable. 2008-9. Oil, acrylic, gold leaf, ink and graphite on canvas. 16 x 30 in.

Transition. 2008. Oil, acrylic, gold leaf, ink, conte crayon and paper on canvas. 16.5 x 20.5 in.

Layers

2009-12-01T12:25:00.000-08:00

Remnants. 2009. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 24 x 9 in.

Grave Diggers Ball. 2008. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 30 x 17 in.

Terrain

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Terrain II. 2009. Pen and ink on paper. 8 x 8 in.

Terrain III. 2009. Pen and ink on paper. 21 x 21 in.

Terrain in Transition. 2009. Oil and graphite on canvas. 16 x 16 in.

Stain Lines

2009-12-01T12:18:00.000-08:00

Journey II. 2009. Watercolor and ink on paper. 8 x 8 in.

Divided Landscape. 2009. Oil and graphite on canvas. 12 x 12 in.

Meanderings

2009-12-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

Meanderings. 2008-9. Oil, acrylic, conte crayon, graphite and ink on canvas. 24 x 24 in.

Crimson. 2009. Oil, gold leaf and graphite on canvas. 12 x 12 in.

2009, Fiefdoms and Vassals

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Fiefdoms and Vassals. 2009. Oil, graphite, acrylic and paper on canvas. 48" x 48"

Fiefdoms and Vassals (Detail)

2009, Fiefdoms and Vassals, Work in Progress

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Above is my most recent work in progress. I've been playing around with combining various techniques, media and layers. The work focuses on identity and loss of identity in regards to place.

2008, Drawings, Sketchbook

2009-08-03T21:26:00.001-07:00

Journey I. 2008. Pen & ink and watercolor on Paper. 6"x6"

Untitled. 2008. Pen & ink and watercolor on paper. 6"x6"

Flutterings. 2008. Pen & Ink and Watercolor on Paper. 6"x6"

View From the Art Museum Steps. 2008. Pen & ink on paper. 6"x12"

Illustration Work 2009

2009-08-03T20:50:00.001-07:00

Illustrations done for a Biblical Textbook written by Professor Michael Cosby of Messiah College

Ancient Editing Mistake. Pen & Ink. 2009

Ancient Israeli House. Pen & Ink and Watercolor. 2009

Ancient Israeli Compound. Pen & Ink and Watercolor. 2009

Illustration: Jonathan's Redemption

2009-07-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

Jonathan’s Redemption. by Jeffry Brozyna, Published by author. 2009

Illustration: Interpreting Biblical Literature

2009-07-10T21:44:00.000-07:00

Interpreting Biblical Literature: An Introduction to Biblical Studies.

by Professor Michael Cosby, Stony Run Publishing. 2009.

Illustration: Interpreting Biblical Literature

2009-07-10T21:22:00.000-07:00

Interpreting Biblical Literature: An Introduction to Biblical Studies.

by Professor Michael Cosby, Stony Run Publishing. 2009.

2008, Color Palettes

2009-04-26T20:07:00.000-07:00

Palette Series. 2008.Watercolor and ink on paper. 8” x 8” each

Each work included in the Palettes Series was assembled using unique color associations for friends. The palette created for the specific individual represents my understanding of and relationship to them. The planes of overlapping color in each piece create intricate and unique forms that chart a “map” of that person.

2008, Paintings

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Transition. 2008. Acrylic on Canvas. 24"x36"

2007, Senior Art Show, Tikkun Olam

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Tikkun Olam. 2007. Hand dyed silk and cotton.

(Wall Detail)

My piece Tikkun Olam draws its title from a contemporary Jewish concept that humanity should be a positive force in the world through the restoration, mending, cleansing and repairing of creation. In my work, I have sought to develop this concept through the use of nature as metaphor. Nature constantly works to reclaim itself and to restore things to their original state. In creation, however, restoration often comes from a process of dismantling the imperfect. In Tikkun Olam I have utilized imagery, media and techniques that express the relationship between destruction and new creation. The natural fibers used in this piece have been stained and manipulated using rust, fire, and natural plant dyes. The cloth that was once whole, has been ripped, cut, reassembled and sewn into new forms.

Figure Studies

2008-10-25T20:09:00.000-07:00

Study of a Seated Figure. 2005. Conte Crayon on paper.

Nude I. 2005. Oil bar on paper.

Nude II. 2005. Oil bar on paper.

Nude III. 2005. Oil bar on paper.

Study of Feet. 2005. Oil bar on paper.

Realism

2008-10-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

View of Lake George. 2007. Oil on canvas.

Orvieto. 2005. Oil on canvas.